The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 495-496 , June 2009

Copy and Paste: A Remediable Hazard of Electronic Health Records

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: Both authors played a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00157-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.02.010

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 495-496 , June 2009

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